Daniel C. Peterson's Blog, page 1050

“Scholars Predicting Historic Mormon Leadership Decision”

    I wouldn’t be surprised if someone were called to the apostleship from Latin America or even Africa.  It’s certainly possible.   But the fact remains that the folks quoted in this Associated Press article are just as clueless on the matter as virtually everybody else is.  Their comments represent nothing more than the purest speculation: [Read More...]

“‘How Lovely is Your Dwelling Place’: A Review of Danel W. Bachman, ‘A Temple Studies Bibliography’”

    Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture continues to die, just as its critics have long predicted that it would.  Today, for example, it published not just one weekly article, but two articles.  Here’s a link to the second of them:   http://www.mormoninterpreter.com/how-...   Posted from New York City    

Two from the Greatest Generation

    My wife and I were privileged yesterday to share our brief flight from Rochester to Newark with John D. Foy (90), of Rochester, New York, and Peter B. DuPré (92), of Fairport, New York.  (I have their permission to use their names and their photograph.)   Mr. Foy served in the combat infantry [Read More...]

“Israeli intel thwarts first known ISIS plot inside Jewish state”

    http://www.foxnews.com/world/2015/10/...   Posted from New York City  

Could a dinosaur-killing asteroid also have intensified Earth’s volcanic eruptions?

      http://arstechnica.com/science/2015/1...   Posted from New York City    

It was scarcely easy for them

    The Smith family’s trust in Joseph came at a very high price. They moved with him from New York to Ohio to Missouri to Illinois, chased by mobs. Hyrum Smith, the Prophet’s older brother, followed him faithfully to a violent death at Carthage Jail. Lucy Mack Smith gives some sense of the sorrow [Read More...]

“LDS Church Increases Aid to Refugees in Europe”

    http://lds.net/blog/life/mormon-cultu...   Posted from New York City    

From Manhattan

      New York now leads the world’s great cities in the number of people around whom you shouldn’t make a sudden move. David Letterman   Posted from New York City  

Exciting new developments at “The World Table”

      Some of you are familiar with The World Table.   I’ve been slightly involved with it for some time now, on the periphery, and I actually announced it a few years ago at a FairMormon conference.   The World Table had a test rollout soon after that, but the unethical and hostile behavior [Read More...]

President Nelson on being an apostle, and on filling the three vacancies

    An interesting interview:   http://www.deseretnews.com/article/86...   Posted from Rochester, New York